Click on the Select Image Files
button to select images to load into the Viewer.
This will open the selected images using the current file mode selected
under the [File] menu.

File Selection Modes

New Image Set: Load a new set of one or more images. This will over-write
the previously loaded image(s).

Insert Image(s): Insert one or more images at the currently viewed
image position.

Append Image(s): Add one or more images to the end of the currently
loaded image set.

Close Images: Clear all the currently loaded images from the Viewer.
Upon success, the Viewer will be blanked out.

Remove Image: Delete the currently selected image from the image
set.

Once the file(s) are selected, the initial image will be displayed.

To view other images in the set, click on the Next/Prior
buttons. When the Control Bar is disabled under the [Options
| Tool Bars | Function Controls ] menu option, the keyboard
Page
Up and Page Down keys may
be used.

Saving
Images

Screen Saves

The contents of the Viewer Window may be saved to a 24 bit RGB file.
The output graphic file format may be any one of the supported formats.
This can be accomplished using the following proceedure.

From the menu select: [File | Screen Save
As]

Wait for the File Dialog to appear.

Choose the desired filename and format (as specified by the extension).

Click on the Save button to write to the graphics
file.

Internet
Options

Local/ Network Only: Save the images to the disk only.

Upload Image(s) to FTP Site: Save the images to the disk and opens
the Upload FTP dialog box.

Attach Image(s) to EMail Message: Save the images to the disk
and opens the Send Email dialog box.

Exporting
Images

From the menu select: [File | Save Image
As]

The Save Image dialog box will appear:

Select the graphics file format from the appropriate tab for additional
options. The destination file size (if available) will be displayed
in the status box.

Check the Save All Images box to save all the loaded
images in the specified format. When this option is on, The saved filenames
will be the originals with appropriate file extension appended to the end.

Select the desired Folder/Filename for the output file.

Click on the Save button to save the image(s).

Export
File Formats

Bitmap

Color (8 Bit Palette): Select this format for
8 bit gray scale and color. Always use this format unless you must
output a RGB picture.

Color (24 Bit RGB): This format will produce a
RGB (millions of colors) file. This will produce a file 3 times the size
of a palette image.

JPEG

Gray Scale: Select this format for gray scale images.

Color : Select this format for color images.

Quality: Choose a value in the range of 25 to 95. The larger the
value, the higher quality of the image. Smaller settings will result in
lower quality and a reduced output file size.

TIFF

Color (8 Bit Palette): Select this format for
8 bit gray scale and color. Always use this format unless you must
output to a RGB picture.

Color (24 Bit RGB): This format will produce a
RGB (millions of colors) file. This will produce a file 3 times the size
of a palette image.

PPM

This format in generally used for interchange purposes (commonly Unix
applications). The ASCII (text) versions are considered too bulky for storage.
The combination of options available will write the output the file in
4 Portable Map formats. Formats less than 8 bits are not supported.

Portable Bitmap Types

Output Format

Type

File Type

(P2) Portable Gray Map

Gray Scale

Ascii

(P5) Portable Gray Map (Raw)

Gray Scale

Binary

(P3) Portable Pixel Map

Color

Ascii

(P6) Portable Pixel Map (Raw)

Color

Binary

IMG

This is the native FP Image file format. If you do not need to export
your images to other applications, it is recommended that you use this
as the default format.

It is possible to export images to a text file. This data can be imported
into Word Processors, Spread-Sheet programs, etc. To convert images to
text, Select the Text type from the Other
tab.

User Defined
Formats

Image Processing scripts may be used for the purpose of saving images
in other formats.

Copying
Images to the Clipboard

Use the clipboard functions to export pictures directly to other applications.
You may select the entire image or a portion of it.

The entire image:

Click on the Copy to Clipboard
button to copy the Viewer Window contents.

Region of interest:Click on the Save Region to Clipboard
button. Drag a box over the area that you want to copy. When the mouse
button is released the image area will automatically be copied to the Clipboard.

Pasting images to an application:

In most target applications, choose the
[Edit | Paste from Clipboard] menu option. The image will
be pasted to the current cursor location.

Adjusting
Brightness and Contrast

For 8 bit images the Window Width/Level function can be used to adjust
the brightness/contrast of the image. For 16 and 32 bit images it
is necessary to visualize the range of pixels desired.

Entering the values directly:

Enter the
values in the appropriate edit boxes. The changes will take effect when
the Enter key is depressed.

Using the mouse:

Click on the W/L tool
button to adjust the values visually. While the cursor is within
the image area, drag the mouse up/down to adjust the level, left/right
to adjust the width.

Using W/L Presets:

Select a preset Width/Level from the [Tools]
pull down menu.

Use the [Tools | Create a New Preset]
to create a new preset using the current values. You will be prompted
to enter the name of the new preset to appear in the pull down window.

Use the [Tools | Apply to Current
Preset] to change the current Preset using the existing settings.

Use the [Tools | Delete Current Preset]
to remove the current Preset from the menu.

Dual
Window Width/Level

Use the Dual Window Mode to adjust the Width/Level for 2 different ranges
within the same image. Optionally, separate color palettes may be
loaded into each of the window ranges.

For 8, 16 and 32 bit images, palettes (color look up tables) can be
used to view the images in color, select gamma correction tables or to
invert the image.

Loading a new palette:

Click on the Load Palette
button.

Select a file from the Load Palette File dialog box.

You may select palettes from Pal or Bitmap files.

Displaying the palette:

Click on the Display Palette
button.

This will display a gray scale or color bar on the right side of the image
area.

The min/max values for current view will also be displayed.

Zooming

Select the [Zoom]
menu option.

You may select a preset value, fit the image to the current Viewer
size or specify a custom factor.

The current zoom factor is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of
the Viewer.

Image
Annotation

Many image file formats include numeric and text parameters in the file.
These parameters can be displayed along with the image if desired.
Each specific format must have a corresponding FMT file describing the
format (parameters, location, font, etc.) to use when displaying this text.
To enable this feature select the [Options
| Image Annotation] menu option.

Sorting
Images

If displayed image files have the axis location parameter included,
they may be sorted by order of location. This is accomplished by use of
the [Option | Sort Images]
sub menu functions. This function will have no effect on images that do
not have specified location parameters.

Ruler
Display

For images that have the pixel size (in CM) parameter specified, a calibrated
ruler may be displayed on the left side of the image.